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FENDER y No.` 531,155. Patented Deo.f18, 18'94.

UNITED 'v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MCK. CABLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW. YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOMICHAEL SPALL, OF SAME PLACE.

FENDER. e

4isLEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,155, datedDecember 18, 1894.

Application filed April 5,1894. Serial No. 506,390.Y (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES McK. CABLE, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to -an improvement in fenders for use in connectionwith .cars impelled by horse, cable or electric power along surfaceroads; the object being to provide a fender which will receive and carryalong with it, without serious injury, the body of `a person struck bythe car until the car can be-stopped and to further provide a fender,

which maybe utilized for either end of the car and capable of *beingshifted with facility from one end of the car to the other, according tothe direction in which the car is to travel.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of a carin sideelevation, showing the fender in position for use at one end of the carand the fender support at the opposite end of the car inits withdrawnadjustment. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the fender, and portionof the platform to which it is attached. Fig. 3 is a .front view of thefender and platform. Fig. 4 is aview in detail, showing the catch whichholds the fender in removable adjustment to the platform; and Fig. 5 isa View in detail, showing means for advancing and returning the fendersupport by a crank.

The platforms at the opposite ends of the car are provided with fendersupports quite similar in all respects and the explanation of one willbe therefore sufiicient to a clear under standing of both. The carplatform is denoted by A. It is provided on its underside with a pair ofsockets B, B for the reception of a pair of longitudinally sliding barsC. The bars C are conveniently provided with removable stops c at theirinner ends, for the purpose of limiting their outward movement and havenotches c', c2 formed in their upper sides for the reception of a springactuated bolt or locking pin D, fastened to the front of the car andadapted to hold the supports either in their outwardly adjusted orinwardly I adjusted positions, as required.

The outer ends of the bars O are provided with downwardly curvedportions ci', for the reception of trunnions e projecting laterally frombrackets c on the rear sides of the ends of the guard or fender E. Thetrunnions c are located near the lower edge of the guard, so that thereis atendency on the part ofthe guard, when struck, to tilt over toward ahorizontal position. The guard E is provided along its lower edge andpreferably up its sides with a pneumatic cushion c2 for preventing thebruising of any object which it might strike and it is held normally inan. oblique position at an angle of forty-five degress, more or less,with the surface of the track by means of a pair of coil springs F, Fwhich surround guide rods f, f attached to the upper rear portion of theguard E. The lower or rear ends of the guide rods f, f are provided withenlarged heads f? which are received through enlarged portions f3 ofopenings in brackets G, xed to the fr ont of the platform A.

The guide rods f, f are locked to the brackets Gr by` sliding catches g,carriedV by the brackets G, and adapted to slide down into position topartially cover the enlarged portion f3 of the openings which receivethe heads f2 of the guide rods and thereby prevent the said guide rodsfrom escaping from the brackets so long as the catches g are advancedfThe guide rods f, f are also provided with disks or collars f 4 a shortdistance from their heads f2 free to slide on the guide rods.

The springs F F are adj usted between the disks f4 and the rear of theguard so that while the springs are sufficient to hold the guardnormally in 'its inclined position, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, they willreadily yield and permitthe guard to assume` @Position more nearlyhorizontal when any considerable weight is received upon the guard. YThe catch g, when it is advanced, rests between the lface of the bracketGr and the disk f4, as shown in Fig. 4.

In operation, it is intended that the lower edge of the guard shall movealong in proximity to the rails and when the guard is struck by anobject, the weight of that object will tilt the guard over into aposition so nearly horizontal as to carry the body along untilthe car isstopped.

When it is desired to run the car the opposite end foremost, the guardmay be removed from the end of the car where it has been in use bysimply withdrawing the catches g and lifting the guide rodsf, f out ofthe brackets G and the trunnions e of the guard out of the slots c4 andthen adjusting the guard to the opposite end of the car 'in reverseorder. rllhe supports C at the end Where the car has been in use may bethen slid back under the platform by lifting the catch bolts D.

In case it is found desirable to advance and return the supporting barsC simultaneously, it may be done by providing the bars with rack teeth,as shown in connection with the bar C', Fig. 5, and locating a shaft Htransversely underneath the platform and providing it with a pair ofspur wheels h to engage the rack teeth on the bars C', the shaft Hitself being provided with a crank h for turning the wheels h in the onedirection or the other teniet and thereby advancing or returning thesupportihg bars.

l. The combination with supports mounted to move outwardly and inwardlyat a car platform and means for locking the supports in their advancedand withdrawn adjustments, of a removable fender hinged below its centerto the supports and having a rearwardly tilting movement toward ahorizontal position, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the tilting fender and a suitable support forit, of a guide rod extending rearwardly and downwardly from its upperportion and provided with an enlarged head, a bracket secured to theplatform and provided with an opening to receive the head of the guiderod and acatch secured to the bracket for locking the guide rod to thebracket, substantially as set forth.

JAMES MCK. CABLE.

witnesses;

FREDK. HAYNES, IRENE B. DECKER.

